U Cluj – Dinamo is played tonight, from 20:30, at Cluj Arena. The hosts say “goodbye” to their own supporters after what they fought to exhaustion for the event. The guests are doing a dress rehearsal for the Conference League tie with the winner between FCSB and FC Botoșani. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on TV on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.
U Cluj – Dinamo closes the season for the “Red Caps” tonight. A memorable one. It could have been epic, but it wasn't to be. Cristiano Bergodi's band was defeated in four days in the fight for the event by Craiova University, the big winner of the edition.
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The starting teams at U Cluj – Dinamo
U Cluj (4-2-3-1): Left – Mikanovic, I. Cristea, Coubiș, M. Silva – G. Simion, Drammeh – Stanojev, Ov. Bic, Gheorghiță – Trica
reserves: Gertmonas, Coșa, Chinteș, Codrea, Chipciu, Pall, Orban, El Sawy, Nistor, Macalou, Postolachi
Coach Cristiano Bergodi
Dinamo (4-3-3): Roșca – Duțu, Boateng, Stoinov, Opruț – Cr. Mihai, Mărginean, Cîrjan – Musi, Al. Pop, Caragea
reserves: Epassy, Licsandru, Milanov, Bordușanu, Tarbă, Toader, Ikoko, Țicu
Coach Zeljko Kopic
Stadium: “Cluj Arena”
Referee: Vlad Baban (Iasi). Assistants: Marius Badea (Râmnicu Vâlcea), Daniela Constantinescu (Craiova)
VAR Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest). Assistant VAR: Lucian Rusandu (Saint George)
However, the Transylvanians ticked off a historic season. They qualified for the first time in the Europa League qualifiers. Second time in a row in European cups. For the second time vice-champion in the history of the club founded in 1919. It happened 93 years ago!
For the first time, runner-up and finalist of the Romanian Cup in the same season. The second season in a row in the Superliga play-off. U managed to score 60 goals in a first league edition for the first time. And for the first time in history he ticked over 20 wins in a top-flight season.
As for the “dogs”, they also went up a notch compared to the previous season. After dark years, the “red dogs” were again in the play-offs, in the fight for the title in the current edition at one point. They can no longer lose 4th place and prepare for the play-off for a place in the Conference League preliminaries.
2017is the year Dinamo last played in European cups, after finishing L1 in 3rd place. Then, it was the double with Athletic Bilbao (1-1, 0-3) in the 3rd round of the Europa League, at that time there were only two continental competitions
The most interesting information about U Cluj – Dinamo
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November 1, 2025, Universitatea Cluj-FCSB 0-2 was the last defeat suffered by the Transylvanians in the championship at home. 11 wins and a draw followed at home.
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Dynamo won six of the 19 away games in the current edition, and seven other times they ended in a draw.
The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 104 times, 56 times Bucharest won, 24 times they defeated Cluj, and another 24 confrontations ended in a draw.
Records with U Cluj as host: 52 games – 14 victories U Cluj – 15 draws – 23 Dinamo successes.
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The first game took place on September 19, 1948, U Cluj – Dinamo 1-1. The goals were scored by Justin Zehan and Carol Bartha respectively.
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Only in the fourth duel was the first victory recorded: November 4, 1951, Ştiinţa-Dinamo 1-2.
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On October 25, 1953, the first victory achieved by Cluj, Ştiinţa-Dinamo 4-2. The Transylvanians were coached by Ştefan Kovacs, who had just started his coaching career. On the other side, another “titan”, Angelo Niculescu.
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Two of the three defeats with 0-8 in the championship were suffered by Cluj in duels with Dinamo (1956, 1998), this being the most severe negative score recorded by the “Red Caps” on the first stage.
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The most recent match in the Romanian Superliga: April 18, 2026, Dinamo-Universitatea Cluj 2-1 (scorers: Cătălin Cîrjan, Alexandru Musi / Atanas Trică).
